8th Grade ELA Review

What is a simile?

• comparison of 2 things using like or as.
• comparison of 2 things without using like or as.
• exaggeration 
• a saying

What is figurative language?

• Literal language
• not literal, you have to figure out what it means.
• words function exactly as defined.

What are the Literary Devices?

• Verbals
• Verb Moods
• Literary Language
• Figurative Language

What is alliteration?

• Repetition of initial consonant sound.
• repetition of vowel sounds
• giving human traits to nonhuman things
• short, wise saying

What is a metaphor?

• expression
• exaggeration
• a saying
• two things are being compared without using like or as.

What is personification?

• two things being compared.
• exaggeration 
• a saying
• giving human qualities to objects or ideas which are not human. 

What is a Hyperbole?

• a word that makes a sound
• repetition of vowel sounds
• extreme exaggeration
• short wise saying

What is an idiom?

• a saying that isn't meant to be taken literal 
• a joke
• giving human characteristics to non human things
• a comparison of 2 things

What is an idiom?

• a saying that isn't meant to be taken literal 
• a joke
• giving human characteristics to non human things
• a comparison of 2 things

What is understatement? 

• expression with less than expected.
• reference inside one work to another 
• repetition of vowel sounds
• direct comparison between two different things